Nimbarka Sampradaya
Shankha-Chakra-Urdhvapundra of the Nimbarka Sampradaya | |
| Founder | |
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| Nimbarka | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| India • Nepal | |
| Scriptures | |
| Sacred Scriptures: Vedas • Puranas • Smritis • Pancharatra Sampradayaic Scriptures: Vedanta Parijata Saurabha, Vedanta Kamadhenu Dashashloki, Siddhānta Jahnavi, Mantrarahasyaṣoḍaśī, Prapannakalpavallī, Kramadīpikā, Tattva-prakāśikā, Viṣṇusahasranāmaṭīkā, Taittriya-prakāśikā, Yugalaśataka, Mahāvāṇī, Parshuram Sagar, Swyambhuram Sagar | |
| Languages | |
Braj Bhasha • Hindi |
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The Nimbarka Sampradaya (IAST: Nimbārka Sampradāya, Sanskrit निम्बार्क सम्प्रदाय), also known as the Kumāra Sampradāya, Hamsa Sampradāya, and Sanakādi Sampradāya (सनकादि सम्प्रदाय), is the oldest Vaiṣṇava sect. It was founded by Nimbarka, a Telugu Brahmin yogi and philosopher. It propounds the Vaishnava Bhedabheda theology of Dvaitadvaita (dvaita-advaita) or dualistic non-dualism. Dvaitadvaita states that humans are both different and non-different from Isvara, God or Supreme Being. Specifically, this Sampradaya is a part of Krishnaism—Krishna-centric traditions.